Odd Lot Entertainment and Batfilm Productions recently announced their
plans to pay tribute to the classic Will Eisner character, The Spirit, in
an upcoming feature film. Reportedly, comics writer Jeph Loeb has signed on to
pen the screenplay.

“I’m honored and thrilled to be adapting Will
Eisner’s The Spirit for the big screen,” Loeb told
Scoop.

“I will do my very best to make Will proud. He was a
gentleman, a true artist and a real genius in the field of storytelling. The
Spirit has been one of my favorite characters — the rich world Eisner created
with humor, elegance and charm is both exciting and daunting. Michael Uslan and
the folks at Odd Lot are the perfect team to bring this project to fruition.
They know exactly what they want and how to get it right. Michael’s personal
relationship with Will, prior to his death, gives us real insight as to how the
man wanted it done,” he said. “Central City, here I
come!”

We can only imagine the cinematic splendor of Central City,
filled with criminals and crime fighting. Will the action be set in the 1940s?
Will The Spirit take on modern-day baddies? And who will play the shadowy
detective in the hat and mask?

We welcome your
speculation.

The Spirit appeared in a comics section insert developed by Eisner and
syndicated to local papers. The strips have been reprinted in comic book form
over the years by Quality, Harvey, Warren, and Kitchen Sink. The critically
acclaimed series is currently the subject of a highly successful series of
hardcover collections, which reprint the strip in sequential order.